Re: [Leica] Marijuana along the Bagmati - or cheap trips

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

Thanks Ian,

We need lots of this kind of stuff.

Jim


At 10:46 AM 3/25/98 +0500, you wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
>	I was cruising for snaps this morning along the banks of the Bagmati
>River.  This is the river that runs through the center of the Kathmandu
>Valley and separates the two towns of Kathmandu and Patan.  I must say that
>I use the term river lightly as the substance that flows does not resemble
>water anymore - Tina this should bring back memories of other developing
>countries for you.  My wife has always said that we should do a scratch and
>sniff travel book - I digress.  The light was wonderful, gentle early
>morning light with traces of mist still around the upper reaches of the
>temples and shrines.  The amazing thing though was the incredible crop of
>marijuana that is coming up this year!!  The stuff is growing along this
>entire stretch of river bank and some of the bushes are over 3m high
>already.  For the technically minded I was using a M4-P, 50mm Summilux,
>90mm Elmarit-M and Velvia.
>
>	Some of the folks on the LUG seem a little uptight these days perhaps a
>visit to Nepal to sample some of the locally grown produce would give them
>a new perspective on life!!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ian Stanley,
>
>Kathmandu, Nepal
>